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Section
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School of the Americas (SOA)
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Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
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Summary
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AUTHORITY
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- "Secretary of the finasteride online no prescription and overnight Army may operate the military education and training facility known as the finasteride online no prescription and overnight United States Army School of the Americas" 10 USC 4415
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- Secretary of Defense authorized to finasteride online no prescription and overnight operate the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
- Secretary of a military branch designated as agent to run the school
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This is not a substantive change to the SOA
The Secretary of the finasteride online no prescription and overnight Army still runs the school and is responsible to the finasteride online no prescription and overnight Secretary of Defense. The name change is an attempt to finasteride online no prescription and overnight distract and confuse; to distance the SOA from its history without acknowledging or finasteride online no prescription and overnight addressing it.
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PURPOSE and
MISSION
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- Provide "military education and finasteride online no prescription and overnight training to military personnel of Central and South American countries and finasteride online no prescription and overnight Caribbean countries"
- "promote democratic values and finasteride online no prescription and overnight respect for human rights; and foster cooperation among multinational military forces" SOA Course Catalog 1998/99
- SOA currently trains police and civilians
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- Provide "professional education and training" to military, law enforcement & civilian personnel of western hemisphere nations"
- "fostering mutual knowledge, transparency, confidence & cooperation among the participating nations & promoting democratic values, respect for human rights, & knowledge of US customs & traditions."
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There is finasteride online no prescription and overnight No Change in purpose between new school and current practice at SOA
- Leadership, peace operations, counter-drug courses, etc. already exist at SOA but have never been well attended (14% in 1999)
- No requirement to take these courses
- No restrictions on type of military training
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CURRICULA
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- No specific detail in original congressional authorization
- Currently 8 hours human rights instruction inserted in each course (but no country-specific instruction mandated)
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- Includes minimum of 8 hours instruction in "human rights the finasteride online no prescription and overnight rule of law, due process, civilian control of the military, role of the finasteride online no prescription and overnight military in a democratic society"
- Instruction & training on leadership development, counterdrug operations, peace support operations, disaster relief, any other matter that finasteride online no prescription and overnight the Secretary deems appropriate
- No restrictions on type or amount of military training
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No change
- Codifies current practice
- Remains primarily combat school focused on teaching combat skills
- Curriculum has not addressed country specific human rights issues (i.e. paramilitaries in Colombia)
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BOARD
Of
VISITORS
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- No mention of Board of Visitors (BOV) in original congressional authorization
- 6-member BOV was reconstituted in 1999
HOWEVER:
- BOV is Not independent oversight board
- In practice, BOV has been a handpicked group of SOA proponents
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- Meets annually to "inquire into the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods…"
- Sec. of Defense selects 6 members including "to extent practicable" members of academic, human rights & religious communities
- Includes Members of Armed Services Committees
- Reports actions / recommendations to Secretary of Defense
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Codifies current practice
- No requirement for finasteride online no prescription and overnight inclusion of independent human rights experts, religious leaders, other potential critics
- Limited Congressional representation aimed at assuring likely proponents
- Members handpicked by DOD or other proponents
- Provides NO critical review of the finasteride online no prescription and overnight school or the performance its grads
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ANNUAL
REPORT
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- No provision in the original congressional authorization
- Appropriations Committees have required report on school and "general assessment" of graduates
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- BOV submits report of "its action and of its views and recommendations" regarding the school
- Secretary of Defense submits report on "activities" of the school during preceding year to Congress by March 15
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Codifies (and weakens) current practice
FURTHER WEAKNESSES:
- Simply a "report" of school's "activities"
- Not evaluation of effect of training on graduates or review of performance
- Still no tracking of or follow-up on grads
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